January 23 - Snow Day

Yesterday's snow ended up being quite a storm. Turns out buses had a difficult time getting kids home from school yesterday afternoon. Citywide, some didn't drop off kids until 8 p.m.  Woke up this morning to hear on the radio that school was cancelled due to roads and streets still being a mess. Snow day!!

After walking home and shoveling yesterday I estimated there was at least 8 inches of snow that had fallen. Dale told me this morning that it was actually around 11 when all was said and done. 

It was a glorious sunny day today. And the backyard looked great. Dale did a little more shoveling this morning and I did a little touch-up on the driveway. Dale had to work and I spent a lot of time doing laundry and lying on the couch. 

It's the 7th anniversary of this blog by the way.

Sunrise: 7:41 a.m.
Sunset: 5:08 p.m.
Day length: 9:26:40

January 23

Missed the anniversary of the blog yesterday. School was cancelled due to extreme cold. Warmed up quite a bit today (up to 34!). 

January 23: Beginning Year 2 of The Backyard - Joe's Almanac

We're past the deep freeze of the last few days. Around 28 degrees for a high today. According to Todd Nelson of the Minneapolis Star Tribune we've only had just over a foot of snow this season which is about 18 inches below normal. Last year at this time, as documented in this blog, we were at about 55 inches of snow for the season. Todd is predicting mid-30s later this week. Sunrise today was at 7:43 a.m. and sunset was at 5:08 p.m. That's 9 hours and 25 minutes of daylight. Above photo taken this morning at

January 23: 1 Year Anniversary for The Backyard - Joe's Almanac

The top photo appeared in the first posting of this blog one year ago today. The bottom photo was taken today, January 23, 2012. Quite a difference in the amount of snowfall, huh?

January 23: 1 Year Anniversary for The Backyard - Joe's Almanac

This is the one year anniversary of this blog! I can't believe how quickly time has gone by. The top photo was taken January 23, 2011. The bottom photo was taken today, January 23, 2012. Quite a difference in the amount of snow we have. No snowmound so far this year!

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Sunrise 7:43 a.m.

Sunset 5:08 p.m.

Snowfall this season: 55.4"

Hi: 13 Low: -8

December 2010 was the snowiest December EVER in Minneapolis!

Above photo taken at 12:36 p.m on Sun. Jan. 23, 2011. Photo at right taken on Dec. 14, 2010.